Quarter 4 Final Exam Flashcards
Taboos
A forbidden act considered so offensive to norms, as to be reviled and unthinkable
Customs
A cultural idea that describes a regular, patterned behavior that is considered characteristic of life in a social system
Folkways
The learned behavior shared by a social group that provides a traditional mode of conduct
Laws
A formal or informal rule or standard enacted by a political entity and enforced by agents with recognized authority as the police or the courts
Rules
Defined acceptable and appropriate actions within a given group or community, thus guiding human behavior
Mores
patterns of ideas and acts with great moral significance
“must” behaviors
Ethnocentrism
- The view that one’s own race, nation, group or culture
is superior to all others. - The world should be viewed using my culture as the measure of what is proper.
Cultural Relativism
The view that all cultures are important and should be
considered when judging people’s behavior
Cultural Universal
Patterns of living and dying that are common in all cultures
ex. all cultures check for death before burial/disposition
Enculturation
Method of internalizing social values
Demographics
The study/science of vital statistics (births, death, marriages etc)
Mobility/Class Mobility
Ability to move to a different social class
Neo-localization
the ability to move from where you were born
Geographic mobility
Ability to move to a different region
Kubler Ross’s Stages of Grief
D.A.B.D.A
1) Denial
2) Anger
3) Bargaining
4) Depression
5) Acceptance
- May skip, or regress
- May not happen in order
Worden’s 4 Tasks of Mourning
1) ACCEPT the reality of the loss
2) WORK THROUGH the pain of the grief
3) ADJUST to an environment in which the deceased is missing
4) EMOTIONALLY RELOCATE the deceased and move on with life
Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
We are motivated by lower needs and must satisfy them before addressing higher-level needs
Carl Rogers
Created person-centered/humanistic therapy
Conformity
Changing one’s behavior to be like others
Compliance
Changing one’s behavior in response to request of another
(your friends urging you to get your license)
Obedience
Changing one’s behavior at command of an authority figure
Social Loafing
The experience of someone in a group who does no work but gets the credit
What are the 2 Mood Disorders?
Depression, bipolar disorder
Depression
Chronic feeling of sadness, emptiness, hopelessness
Bipolar disorder
Disorder with extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and debilitating lows (depression)
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder
Anxiety
An emotion characterized by fear, apprehension, and worry
Phobia
overwhelming and debilitating fear of an object, place, situation, feeling or animal
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (“obsessions”) and/or behaviors (“compulsions”) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over.
Panic Disorder
Having panic attacks brought on by extreme anxiety
Attitude
A settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person’s behavior.